Johannes Kuben
Johannes Kuben S. J. (also Johann Kuben ; Czech Jan Kuben ; born December 15, 1697 in Habelschwerdt , County Glatz ; † 1770 in Opole , Principality of Opole ) was a Catholic clergyman. He belonged to the Jesuit order , for which he worked artistically in addition to pastoral tasks. For numerous Jesuit churches, colleges and other institutions, he created frescoes and wall paintings in the style of quadrature painting . He was active in Bohemia , Moravia and Silesia .
Life
Johannes Kuben joined the Jesuit order in 1719 and spent the novitiate in the Brno Jesuit college. 1722–1728 he studied philosophy and theology at the Jesuit College in Olomouc . In 1727 he was ordained a priest in Olomouc . In Olomouc he met the Moravian painter Johann Christoph Handke and his monumental baroque painting.
From 1728 Johannes Kuben was commissioned to paint churches and institutions belonging to the order. He created great works for the Leopoldina in Breslau , where Johann Christoph Handke painted the ceiling of the auditorium at the same time.
From 1733 Johannes Kuben spent four years doing paintings in the St. Klemens Church in Odolena Voda during the summer months , which was built in 1733/35 based on a design by Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer . During the winter months he was installed as a preacher at the Eligius Chapel in Prague and taught mathematics at the Clementinum .
From 1739/40 he stayed mostly in Brieg for more than five years , where he also worked as a preacher. For the Jesuit Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, built in 1734/39, he designed the interior in the style of quadrature painting, with the choir space being closed off by an illusionistic altar depicting the Exaltation of the Cross.
From 1757 he is said to have lived in Opole. In any case, he died there in 1770.
Works (selection)
- Breslau , Leopoldina: Auditorium Comicum, the small oratorio and almost all classrooms
- Prague : Room of the Mathematical Museum and seven altar paintings in the Clementinum
- Odolena Voda : Frescoes in St. Clement's Church
- Brieg : frescoes in the style of quadrature painting
- Opole : Prefectory of the Jesuit College
- Tarnowitz : frescoes in the mission college
- Deutsch Piekar : Altar in the St. Rosalia Church
literature
- Kuben, Johannes . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 22 : Krügner – Leitch . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1928, p. 32 .
- Dehio Handbook of Art Monuments in Poland. Silesia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich et al. 2005, ISBN 3-422-03109-X , pp. 60, 66 and 178.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ludwig Petry , Josef Joachim Menzel (Hrsg.): Geschichte Schlesiens. Volume 2: The Habsburg Period 1526–1740. 2nd edition, Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1988, ISBN 3-7995-6342-3 , p. 193.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kuben, Johannes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kuben, Johann; Kuben, Jan (Czech) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Catholic clergyman; Member of the Jesuit order, painter and fresco artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 15, 1697 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Habelschwerdt , County Glatz |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1770 |
| Place of death | Opole |